ZIP 39177 vs ZIP 39156

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39177 (Valley Park, MS) and ZIP 39156 (Redwood, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39177 has a population of 136 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 39156 has 513 at 3 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 39177 reports a median household income of $55,167 against $56,933 in ZIP 39156, with per-capita income of $31,978 vs $25,946. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 2.9% in 39177 and 25.9% in 39156. Poverty rate reads 12.5% vs 3.8%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 26.1% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $157,400 in 39177 versus $67,000 in 39156, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.1% vs 100.0%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.